Fender Rumble Club

[Linnin]

1965 was the first year of C.B.S. ownership of Fender ushered in a totally new look! The now classic 'Blackface' with its modern black tolex and chrome corner protectors along with a snazzy new black & silver grillcloth. Skirted 'Witches Hat' numbered knobs make their first appearance.

 

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Fender Bassman 100 was truly a bass player's dream come true in 1968 along with brand new 'Silverface' styling in turquoise lettering on a chrome faceplate. The new Bassman 100's were in answer to sunn's O)) new powerful amplifiers. You could also order Bassman 2x15 cabinets with optional JBL D-140F woofers with powerful AlNiCo Magnets.

 

[99Z3]

Just in case you were wondering where the retro-styled 'Wheel of Cheese' knobs on the third generation Rumbles came from.

The 'Brown Face' Fender Bassman heads in Blonde & Oxblood (the very first of the piggy backs) from 1961 until the Black Face came out in 1965.

ps- forgive me if my history is a little off, as I am going off the top of my head.

That would look good on top of @99Z3 's stack.

He can get a brand new Fender Super Bassman in Blonde & Oxblood that would be a perfect match.

Well gents.. I snagged this one for a great price it seems!

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[Linnin]

Well gents.. I snagged this one for a great price it seems!

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YES You Did! WOOT! They are $1,800 new.

 

[99Z3]

Yeah.. I had asked about two of them for sale here on TB.. but had not gotten a chance to see an answer back till I got back from Asheville. Their price was higher than the one I got.. so feel good right now about it..

YES You Did! WOOT! They are $1,800 new.

 

[99Z3]

By the way, I love the look of that amp!

Just in case you were wondering where the retro-styled 'Wheel of Cheese' knobs on the third generation Rumbles came from.

The 'Brown Face' Fender Bassman heads in Blonde & Oxblood (the very first of the piggy backs) from 1961 until the Black Face came out in 1965.

ps- forgive me if my history is a little off, as I am going off the top of my head.

 

[honeyiscool]

Yeah @honeyiscool is a brilliant young programmer that really knows his sound and very objective and mathematically minded. I am the exact opposite. Highly attuned to the subjective. 1+1= 11 as often as it = -351.

Haha. Thanks. I love mathematics and make a living in that field. However when it comes to music, I like human qualities more than anything else. I plug A into B and immediately know whether I like it or not. With me, good tone is not worth having if I have to have all the knobs exactly in the right place to sound acceptable. I think all that fussing over cap species and tone woods and cabinet woods, all that is so boring to me. You can have the best tone in the world but it doesn't matter unless you're playing good notes. When it comes to guitar amps, I'm so picky. I've only ever found two mass produced amps I bond with immediately: Vox Tony Bruno 18W and Fender Bassbreaker 45 (new amp, killer).

When it comes to bass amps, they just have to make a bass sound like a bass to me. It comes down to these few questions:

1. Does it sound good with all the knobs in the middle?
2. Does the EQ allow me to fix problems quickly? As a flatwound user, I find that sometimes the A string needs a little EQ help to be heard.
3. Can I hear it with other people playing?
4. Can I pick it up and move it up a flight of stairs?
5. Do I want to be seen with this amp?
6. Can I afford two of them in case the first one breaks?
7. Am I reasonably confident it will get through a set?
8. Does it perform well with a TC Mini Spark Booster in front? My plucked tone tends to be louder and boomier than my picked tone (I pick very lightly) so I often set up a boost pedal for my picked tone and the TC Mini is my favorite.

With my Rumble 500, the answer is a "hell yes" for every question. I'm driving to play in Vegas this weekend and the Fender will be with me. I played the last gig with the Aguilar + Fender cab rig but for a road trip, a combo just makes more sense.

Fender is killing it lately with their amps. Their Bassbreaker guitar amps are simply wonderful, too. The Rumble V3 series is the ultimate mix of old meets new. It seems like whenever my friends are buying new, they're taking a look at them. I got a friend running GK head with Rumble cab to get a killer slap tone. It looks a bit funny but sounds great and he loves picking that thing up and not getting a hernia.

 

[btmpancake]

That would look good on top of @99Z3 's stack.

+1 big ''D''.

 

[btmpancake]

Haha. Thanks. I love mathematics and make a living in that field. However when it comes to music, I like human qualities more than anything else. I plug A into B and immediately know whether I like it or not. With me, good tone is not worth having if I have to have all the knobs exactly in the right place to sound acceptable. I think all that fussing over cap species and tone woods and cabinet woods, all that is so boring to me. You can have the best tone in the world but it doesn't matter unless you're playing good notes. When it comes to guitar amps, I'm so picky. I've only ever found two mass produced amps I bond with immediately: Vox Tony Bruno 18W and Fender Bassbreaker 45 (new amp, killer).

When it comes to bass amps, they just have to make a bass sound like a bass to me. It comes down to these few questions:

1. Does it sound good with all the knobs in the middle?
2. Does the EQ allow me to fix problems quickly? As a flatwound user, I find that sometimes the A string needs a little EQ help to be heard.
3. Can I hear it with other people playing?
4. Can I pick it up and move it up a flight of stairs?
5. Do I want to be seen with this amp?
6. Can I afford two of them in case the first one breaks?
7. Am I reasonably confident it will get through a set?
8. Does it perform well with a TC Mini Spark Booster in front? My plucked tone tends to be louder and boomier than my picked tone (I pick very lightly) so I often set up a boost pedal for my picked tone and the TC Mini is my favorite.

With my Rumble 500, the answer is a "hell yes" for every question. I'm driving to play in Vegas this weekend and the Fender will be with me. I played the last gig with the Aguilar + Fender cab rig but for a road trip, a combo just makes more sense.

Fender is killing it lately with their amps. Their Bassbreaker guitar amps are simply wonderful, too. The Rumble V3 series is the ultimate mix of old meets new. It seems like whenever my friends are buying new, they're taking a look at them. I got a friend running GK head with Rumble cab to get a killer slap tone. It looks a bit funny but sounds great and he loves picking that thing up and not getting a hernia.

The only mass produced guitar amp/combo I bonded with is the roland jc 120 for cleaness. may have to check out Bassbreaker tho.

 

[lowsideonacurve]

Love the "Wheel Of Cheese" knobs!

 

[Linnin]

Fender Bassbreaker 45 (new amp, killer).

Leo would be so proud of the new Fender Bassbreaker series. I love the 15, myself.

 

[DerekW]

Well gents.. I snagged this one for a great price it seems!

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Yeah.... That'll work too

 

[honeyiscool]

The only mass produced guitar amp/combo I bonded with is the roland jc 120 for cleaness. may have to check out Bassbreaker tho.

That was my first "real" guitar amp. I still hate it as much as I always have. I guess I've always liked "warmer" tones and Roland is just the wrong amp for that. ^_^ Roland makes some of the best solid state guitar amps to ever exist, however. The Blues Cube 30 and 60 (the old ones, not the new ones) are often fantastic deals. Perfectly giggable, made in USA amps that often go for under $200.

Leo would be so proud of the new Fender Bassbreaker series. I love the 15, myself.

I like all of them but I think Bassbreaker 45 is simply genius. I think it's like my favorite amps all had a baby together. The controls are what I find absolutely genius about it. I like a simple amp. Ideally single channel with a volume knob that can take me from clean to dirty, then I find a sweet spot right in the middle. That way, just using the pickup combinations, I can get all the crunch I ever need, and I can get more crunch without getting too much louder and dominating the mix. Problem is, this is almost impractical in real life, because you do need a master volume to be reasonable about your tone. Where the Bassbreaker 45 completely floors me is the power section. It doesn't just scale down the volume. It scales the entire power down from 45 watts down to a single watt in a smooth sweep. As a result, it never feels throttled. It's just pure goodness.

While it sort of has two channels, normal and bright, it's almost like a single channel amp because you can blend in exactly each bit of which channel you want, so you have two distinctive voices and an entire sweep in between. You can keep one channel chimey and the other channel dirty, and the mix is very three dimensional. Then there's 3 band EQ and a presence knob. The entire amp is 7 controls total, no extra knobs or switches. It's so easy to navigate. To me, it's the most interesting amp that's been made in recent years. 45 watts is definitely way too many for me, normally, but this amp presents the watts in a way that is still usable. None of the other Bassbreakers do that. I like them, but I already have a good 18 watt combo amp, plus only the 45 has that genius control scheme.

 

[btmpancake]

That was my first "real" guitar amp. I still hate it as much as I always have. I guess I've always liked "warmer" tones and Roland is just the wrong amp for that. ^_^ Roland makes some of the best solid state guitar amps to ever exist, however. The Blues Cube 30 and 60 (the old ones, not the new ones) are often fantastic deals. Perfectly giggable, made in USA amps that often go for under $200.

I like all of them but I think Bassbreaker 45 is simply genius. I think it's like my favorite amps all had a baby together. The controls are what I find

That was my first "real" guitar amp. I still hate it as much as I always have. I guess I've always liked "warmer" tones and Roland is just the wrong amp for that. ^_^ Roland makes some of the best solid state guitar amps to ever exist, however. The Blues Cube 30 and 60 (the old ones, not the new ones) are often fantastic deals. Perfectly giggable, made in USA amps that often go for under $200.

I like all of them but I think Bassbreaker 45 is simply genius. I think it's like my favorite amps all had a baby together. The controls are what I find absolutely genius about it. I like a simple amp. Ideally single channel with a volume knob that can take me from clean to dirty, then I find a sweet spot right in the middle. That way, just using the pickup combinations, I can get all the crunch I ever need, and I can get more crunch without getting too much louder and dominating the mix. Problem is, this is almost impractical in real life, because you do need a master volume to be reasonable about your tone. Where the Bassbreaker 45 completely floors me is the power section. It doesn't just scale down the volume. It scales the entire power down from 45 watts down to a single watt in a smooth sweep. As a result, it never feels throttled. It's just pure goodness.

While it sort of has two channels, normal and bright, it's almost like a single channel amp because you can blend in exactly each bit of which channel you want, so you have two distinctive voices and an entire sweep in between. You can keep one channel chimey and the other channel dirty, and the mix is very three dimensional. Then there's 3 band EQ and a presence knob. The entire amp is 7 controls total, no extra knobs or switches. It's so easy to navigate. To me, it's the most interesting amp that's been made in recent years. 45 watts is definitely way too many for me, normally, but this amp presents the watts in a way that is still usable. None of the other Bassbreakers do that. I like them, but I already have a good 18 watt combo amp, plus only the 45 has that genius control scheme.

That was my first "real" guitar amp. I still hate it as much as I always have. I guess I've always liked "warmer" tones and Roland is just the wrong amp for that. ^_^ Roland makes some of the best solid state guitar amps to ever exist, however. The Blues Cube 30 and 60 (the old ones, not the new ones) are often fantastic deals. Perfectly giggable, made in USA amps that often go for under $200.

I like all of them but I think Bassbreaker 45 is simply genius. I think it's like my favorite amps all had a baby together. The controls are what I find absolutely genius about it. I like a simple amp. Ideally single channel with a volume knob that can take me from clean to dirty, then I find a sweet spot right in the middle. That way, just using the pickup combinations, I can get all the crunch I ever need, and I can get more crunch without getting too much louder and dominating the mix. Problem is, this is almost impractical in real life, because you do need a master volume to be reasonable about your tone. Where the Bassbreaker 45 completely floors me is the power section. It doesn't just scale down the volume. It scales the entire power down from 45 watts down to a single watt in a smooth sweep. As a result, it never feels throttled. It's just pure goodness.

While it sort of has two channels, normal and bright, it's almost like a single channel amp because you can blend in exactly each bit of which channel you want, so you have two distinctive voices and an entire sweep in between. You can keep one channel chimey and the other channel dirty, and the mix is very three dimensional. Then there's 3 band EQ and a presence knob. The entire amp is 7 controls total, no extra knobs or switches. It's so easy to navigate. To me, it's the most interesting amp that's been made in recent years. 45 watts is definitely way too many for me, normally, but this amp presents the watts in a way that is still usable. None of the other Bassbreakers do that. I like them, but I already have a good 18 watt combo amp, plus only the 45 has that genius control scheme.

absolutely genius about it. I like a simple amp. Ideally single channel with a volume knob that can take me from clean to dirty, then I find a sweet spot right in the middle. That way, just using the pickup combinations, I can get all the crunch I ever need, and I can get more crunch without getting too much louder and dominating the mix. Problem is, this is almost impractical in real life, because you do need a master volume to be reasonable about your tone. Where the Bassbreaker 45 completely floors me is the power section. It doesn't just scale down the volume. It scales the entire power down from 45 watts down to a single watt in a smooth sweep. As a result, it never feels throttled. It's just pure goodness.

While it sort of has two channels, normal and bright, it's almost like a single channel amp because you can blend in exactly each bit of which channel you want, so you have two distinctive voices and an entire sweep in between. You can keep one channel chimey and the other channel dirty, and the mix is very three dimensional. Then there's 3 band EQ and a presence knob. The entire amp is 7 controls total, no extra knobs or switches. It's so easy to navigate. To me, it's the most interesting amp that's been made in recent years. 45 watts is definitely way too many for me, normally, but this amp presents the watts in a way that is still usable. None of the other Bassbreakers do that. I like them, but I already have a good 18 watt combo amp, plus only the 45 has that genius control scheme.

 

[btmpancake]

45 watts seems just right.

 

[RC52]

1965 was the first year of C.B.S. ownership of Fender ushered in a totally new look! The now classic 'Blackface' with its modern black tolex and chrome corner protectors along with a snazzy new black & silver grillcloth. Skirted 'Witches Hat' numbered knobs make their first appearance.

When did the vertical tall boy 2-15" cab come out ? I think it was '66, or '67?that I got mine .

 

[Michael B]

When did the vertical tall boy 2-15" cab come out ? I think it was '66, or '67?that I got mine .

Man those amps came out before me.

 

[99Z3]

Head first too!

Man those amps came out before me.

 

[btmpancake]

Lead guitarist wants to downsizes from his fender twins/deluxes, this 45watt bassbreaker maybe ideal, may test drive nx wk he's got the money-thank god.

 

[Linnin]

When did the vertical tall boy 2-15" cab come out ? I think it was '66, or '67?that I got mine .

I am not exactly sure what year they debuted. I do know for sure they were available as the standard cabinet for the silverfaced Bassman 100 in '68.